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FASHION DESIGNER

Cristóbal Balenciaga

1895 - 1972

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Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (Basque: [kɾisˈtoβal βalens̻iaɣa eis̻aɣire]; 21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972) was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristóbal Balenciaga has received more than 2,117,814 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Cristóbal Balenciaga is the 10th most popular fashion designer (down from 9th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Spain (up from 201st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Fashion Designer.

Cristóbal Balenciaga was a Spanish couturier and designer. He is most famous for his designs of the "little black dress" and the "bubble dress."

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 10 out of 38Before him are Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. After him are Donatella Versace, Thierry Mugler, Hubert de Givenchy, Maurizio Gucci, Kenzō Takada, and Elsa Schiaparelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 43Before him are Igor Tamm, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, László Moholy-Nagy, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia. After him are Jürgen Stroop, Vasily Blokhin, Albert Göring, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Buckminster Fuller, and Dorothea Lange. Among people deceased in 1972, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 21Before him are Erhard Milch, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Dino Buzzati, Andrei Tupolev, and Maurice Chevalier. After him are Talal of Jordan, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Paul-Henri Spaak, Max Theiler, Heinrich Lübke, and Asta Nielsen.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 189 out of 2,932Before him are Tirso de Molina (1579), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Al-Hakam II (915). After him are Andrés Segovia (1893), Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Penélope Cruz (1974), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), and Louis Blanc (1811).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Spain

Among fashion designers born in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga ranks 1